Posts by Alastair Thompson
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Phew...
Wasn't hallucinating...... [[http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/senate/|McCaskill is ahead in Missouri now.]
So on paper the Democrats now have both houses.
VA has a paperless election so will be funny watching George Allen asking for a recount.
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Well it was on the TV... on the website still shows a comfortable Republican margin..... odd...
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MI Going Democrat... now a dead heat....
That means a Democratic Senate...
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CNN has just called TN for Corker...
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:)
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Lets assume Dems keep VA and MO.... the margin in MO is opening up....
If this happens the Senate is a tie.... Cheney has a casting vote. And Leiberman is a snake in the grass so that means GOP victory really... by a small nose
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What is left.
The Dems need TN or MI to win.... at present both show a 60,000 vote lead to the republicans.
Missouri seems to be the best chance...... thats what CNN's Jeff Greenfield says and it is also what the exit poll indicated.
TN is highly likely to have been the subject of major dirty tricks (as is VA but if the dems win it becomes a bit academic there.)
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:)
God knows how corrupt the US election system is.... but this is the first time that millions of people have been watching a US election for fraud.
And if you could see Scoop's ratings you would see that its already helping our readership comprehensively. Mainly seems to be people linking to old stories from 2004 at moment mind.
al
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Webb now ahead in VA
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Don,
The early votes - absentees - are not yet counted in many cases.... early electronic are probably counted... dunno.
I expect the exit pollsters probably try to take account - though it may not be possible. In one of these races both gubernatorial candidates reccommended the use of absentees I seem to recall.
Maryland is a special case. Its ground zero for scraps over voting machines. The exit poll showed it +7 to dems. Why the networks called it so early is a bit of a mystery... I was expecting it to be close on the basis of pre-election polling.
al
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Maryland seems to be back in play. Washpost have withdrawn their call on the race.... and republican is ahead in the count at present (Maryland is Diebold DRE dominated... so if this happens it will be new ground zero for election fraud.)
With 98% counted Virginia only has 7000 vote margin now.. less than 1% margin gives - according to CC - Jim Webb the automatic right to demand a recount against George Allen (who doesn't like black people).
Tennessee is recording 40,000 votes in favour of republican Bob Corker - of race slur advert fame.
Missouri 50% reporting shows a republican lead of 6%.
Montana still showing a dem lead of 6% with 6% reporting (effectively meaningless according to CNN pundits.)